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Add friends without email address or phone number

I know that it might be a user acquisition choice, but it is very annoying to not be able to add someone with just their name (i.e. with no email address or phone, so that they don't receive an invite).
I find that the user experience is affected a lot by this and I am switch back to another app because of this despite how good splitwise is overall.

There are indeed several use cases where I would like to add people without contact details:
- At a specific event, for example a party where I need to enter the names of a lot of people without knowing their email adress
- To track my own personal debts with other people without them knowing or them receiving an invitation.

I did read this article by the way, but I wanted to share the way I think:
http://feedback.splitwise.com/knowledgebase/articles/206028-why-do-i-have-to-add-friends-in-order-to-use-split

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Louis M shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
under review  ·  AdminSplitwise Support (-, Splitwise) responded  · 

Thanks for the detailed feedback – it’s always useful to hear, and I’ll pass it on :)

One small feature you may not be aware of: on our website, Splitwise does allow you to add group members without email addresses, which hopefully helps for the “large party” scenario. My apologies that the same feature isn’t available on our mobile apps!

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  • anandrk9 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I want a note entry option to add expenses of people who are not using splitwise or whom I don't want to add to circle. just for one time purpose.

  • Laken Wells commented  ·   ·  Report

    Some people don’t want to join Splitwise, which is frustrating when you have a debt with them. It would be great to be able to create a debt with a person without having to invite them to the app. Otherwise you end up having to record debts and money you owe through several different apps instead of having it all streamlined in one place.

  • [Deleted User] commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can anyone recommend me an app that has this? Lack of this feature is why I am deleting my account just as I write this comment.

  • Kyle Holloway commented  ·   ·  Report

    I’d like to be able to setup a group to split costs without requiring each member to actually set up an account. I understand this is possible from the desktop site but this doesn’t seem to be possible from the IOS app

  • Koen commented  ·   ·  Report

    It would be handy if we can add non splitwise entities to a certain cost so that a part of the cost can be assigned to these without them needing to have an actual account.

  • DaRkWiNG commented  ·   ·  Report

    @admin: It's been 3 years since you replied to this question but the Splitwise mobile app on iOS still does not support adding people with contact info (email/contact#). While I commend the app itself, which has been designed next to perfect, on the other hand, I would also seek the developers to capture such feedback and roll out these features as enhancements.

  • Joven L commented  ·   ·  Report

    I just downloaded e app, and it's simple and functional. But I uninstalled it after I couldn't create new records without having to invite a contact to e app. Hope that someday this issue can be resolved. Thanks!

    P.S. if anyone else has a good and similar app to recommend, pls let me know! =) Thanks!

  • madison commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hello my name is Madison I'm 14 years old

  • Sarah Churgin commented  ·   ·  Report

    Came here to post this request as well. Why is this not a feature already? Everyone has friends who refuse to download the app or are just not tech savvy enough to deal with it. Especially for family trips or large trips where you just need to track but don’t need everyone to be involved. Please add this feature before many of us leave what is otherwise a great platform.

  • Bruce Cameron commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yeah, not having this function kinda breaks what could be a very useful app.

  • Mayank Agarwal commented  ·   ·  Report

    A lot of people are not tech-savvy and might not have/want a Splitwise account. Allow a Splitwise user to keep a list of friends without sending invite option. So that the user can track those expenses.

  • Swadha Gupta commented  ·   ·  Report

    It will be very helpful if this feature gets added in mobile as well.

  • Sarah Skapik commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes, this is a huge pain and forces me to use other group cost-splitting services instead of Splitwise. I understand this feature is available on the web - odd that it's missing on mobile. The mobile app should be just as robust as the web app, if not more so.

  • Fábio Cantu commented  ·   ·  Report

    Having to add all the info is trully a pain! It would be nice for it to change to a simpler way!!

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